Try-square



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F. S. TALMADGE.

TRY SQUARE, BEVEL, AND PROTRAGTOR. No.73.96,78l.

Patented Ja,11.29, 1889.

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`UNITED STATES PATENT FFICIE@ FRANK SEYMOUR TALMADGE, OF PALMER, MASSAOl-lSETTS.

TRY-SQUARE, BEVEL, AND PROTRACTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,781, dated January 29, 1889.

Application filed February 16, 1888. Serial No. 264,302. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK SEYMOUR TAL- MADGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Palmer, in the county of Ilampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Try-Square, Bevel, and Pretractor Combined, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is aside elevationoi myimproved instrument; Fig. la sectional view of a portion ot' the same, showing the marking and use of the bevel as a prtractor; and Fig. 3, another sectional view through line 4 5.

My invention relates to the combination of a try-square, bevel, and protractor in one instrument; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, as described and claimed below, the object thereof being cheapness and convenience.

The details and operation of my invention are as follows:

In the drawings, the part marked 7 represents the stock or handle; S, the fixed or square7 blade; 9, the movable or bevel blade; l0, the slotin blade 9; ll, the shouldered rivet or bolt, and l2 the set-nut.

I make the stock 7 of wood or metal, in the usual form, and provide the same at either end with a slot adapted to receive the blades 8 and 9, respectively. I Inake the blade 8 a iiat straight piece of steel and rivet t-he same in stock 7 and at right angles thereto7 in the usual manner. I make blade 9 of a similar piece of steel cut at an angle of forty-five degrecs at one end, and provide the same 4with the longitudinal slot l0 and with degreemarkings, as shown in Figs. l and 2. These markings may extend from zero to ninety degrecs, though only those more commonly useful are shown in the dra-wings.

I provide the rivet ll with a countersunk head and with a shoulder nearthe middle thereof broad enough to catch the blade 9 on opposite sides ot' slot l0, as shown in Fig. 3, the object of this arrangement being to set and hold the bevel more steadily and firmly at any desired angle by bringing pressure directly on the blade from the shoulder and indirectly from the head through the stock whenever the nut l2 is turned on or tightened. Imake the nutl2 inthe usual manner. By this construction and arrangement I make the three instruments in one much cheaper than they can be made separately. They occupy less room in the tool-chest. The blade 9, when set in line with stock 7, forms a continuation thereof or longer stock to blade 8, specially useful in marking large stuft, and when arranged as in Fig. l blade 9 serves as a support and convenience in keeping the blade 8 iiat or level on the stuff marked. I make the several parts of such proportions that when arranged as in Fig. l the blade 9 will always give the com mon Initer or angle of forty-five degrees.

To find and lay off other angles, I loosen nut l2, bring blade 9 with reference to rivet ll to the position shown in Fig. 2, and cause the same to revolve around such rivet till the mark indicating the angle desired impinges on and is parallel to the adjacent side ot' stock 7, where it is clamped by means of nut l2.

That I claim as my invention is- The blade 9, cut at one end at an angle of forty-five degrees and provided with slot 10 and degree-markin gs, in combination with the stock 7 and blade 8, shouldered rivet ll, and nut l2, all constructed, arranged, and operating as specified.

FRANK SEYMOUR TALMADGE.

Witnesses:

SIDNEY SANDERS, WILLIAM E. Davis. 

